Defendant Name: UBS Financial Services Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 34-105343

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of UBS Financial Services Inc.
Document Name Order Authorizing the Transfer to the U.S. Department of the Treasury of the Remaining Funds and Any Funds Returned to the Fair Fund in the Future and Terminating the Fair Fund
Document Date 30-Apr-2026
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-20912
Allegation Type Investment Advisers/Investment Companies
Document Summary The Commission ordered that: "the remaining funds in the amount of $1,209.90 that are infeasible to return to investors, and any funds returned to the Fair Fund in the future that are infeasible to return to investors, shall be transferred to the Treasury . . . ; and the Fair Fund is terminated."

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Cease and Desist Order
The Commission ordered that: "the remaining funds in the amount of $1,209.90 that are infeasible to return to investors, and any funds returned to the Fair Fund in the future that are infeasible to return to investors, shall be transferred to the Treasury . . . ; and the Fair Fund is terminated."
Fair Funds
Monetary Penalties:

Civil Penalty

Individual:     $17,400,000.00 Shared:    

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